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MONMOUTHSHIRE CANAL.

Monmouth-shire Canal.

A Description of the Course of a Canal front Newport to Pont -newyndd , with a Branch to Crumlin-bridge , and Rail-ways toBlaen-Afon , Beaufort, Nant-y-glo, Sorwy, Trofnant,andBlaen-DirIron-works , in the Counties of Monmouth and Brecon. Surveyedby T. Dadford, jun. Engineer , 1792.

THIS canal commences on the west fide of the town of New-port, having a basin connected with the river Ufk ; it passes be-tween the town and the river, and crosses the Chepstow road -from thence, by Malpas, it pursues its route parallel to, and gene-rally not very distant from the river Avon, by Ponty Pool toPont-newyndd, being a course of near eleven miles, with a rife of twelvefeet in the first mile, viz. nearly opposite Malpas; the remainingten miles have a rife of four hundred and thirty-five feet: fromnearly opposite Malpas a branch or canal takes its course parallelto the river Ebwy to near Crumlin-bridge, being a course of neareleven miles from the junction, with a rife of three hundred andfifty-eight feet—Making the total length of the two canals twentytwo miles two chains, with eight hundred and five feet lockage.

From Pontnewyndd there is a rail-road alongside the riverAvon to the furnaces at Blaen-Afon, being a distance of fivemiles and a quarter, with six hundred and ten feet rife; andfrom Ponty Pool there is a rail-way to Trofnant Furnace of onemile long, with a branch to the furnaces at Blaen-Dir of half amile: from Crumlin-bridge a rail-way is continued alongsidethe river Ebwy, a branch of which it crosses, after a continuanceof three miles, with a rife of one hundred and thirty-nine feet.This road is further continued alongside the Ebwy Fawr river,

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